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Airport month · August 2024
LaGuardia in August 2024
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 14,136 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 70.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.0% reached their destination on time; 7.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 14,074 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of −8.7 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 67.5% of the time (14,136 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 28%.
- On time 68.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
- Cancelled 7.7%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 70.6% | 79.3% | 72.6% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 68.0% | 80.0% | 69.9% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 7.7% | 2.1% | 4.6% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 22.4 min | 14.6 min | 19.3 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 471 | 469 | 372 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 14,136 | 14,074 | 135,840 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 3,729 | 26% | 71.3% | 3.6 min | 8.9% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2,979 | 21% | 67.6% | 5.6 min | 9.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,285 | 16% | 70.1% | 15.6 min | 4.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,307 | 9% | 63.8% | 23.6 min | 7.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 987 | 7% | 69.5% | 13.4 min | 6.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 812 | 6% | 56.8% | 37.5 min | 7.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 763 | 5% | 70.0% | 16.6 min | 5.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 710 | 5% | 67.6% | 21.1 min | 5.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 317 | 2% | 69.4% | 26.3 min | 8.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 247 | 2% | 53.0% | 36.7 min | 10.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 967 | 62.8% | 27.4 min | 5.8% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 710 | 70.8% | 13.1 min | 4.9% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 652 | 72.5% | 10.5 min | 7.1% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 562 | 72.6% | 9.3 min | 4.8% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 530 | 68.3% | 13.4 min | 8.5% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 454 | 63.2% | 15.5 min | 7.7% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 408 | 67.9% | 24.4 min | 5.1% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 382 | 59.9% | 29.4 min | 6.0% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 381 | 73.0% | 5.6 min | 8.4% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 371 | 55.8% | 37.0 min | 6.5% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 365 | 68.5% | 11.5 min | 10.4% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 362 | 75.1% | 10.9 min | 5.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in August 2024?
70.6% of 14,136 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 79.3% of 14,074 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 70.6% and 7.7% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LGA · methodology · corrections.